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This resolution directs staff to start drawing up rules for developers who evict their tenants in order to redevelop the property. The proposed ordinance, which will return for council consideration in six months, would require developers to give renters six months’ notice of the move-out date and to pay relocation stipends. It would also require developers to offer flexible move-out dates, refund security deposits in full when no property is missing, wait a “reasonable” period between receiving a demolition permit and starting demolition, and give tenants access to professionals to help them find new places to live.

The resolution also incorporates amendments from Council Member Greg Casar that direct the city manager to explore requirements for “temporary” and “emergency” relocations when a landlord displaces tenants because of code violations.

This ordinance creates puts a temporary stop to the city granting new permits to most short-term rentals in neighborhoods. The moratorium, which starts Nov. 23, 2015 and runs through March 2017, applies to “Type 2” short-term rentals that are rented out year-round and aren’t occupied by the owner. Homeowners who only rent out their home for less than 30 days a year and short-term rentals in apartments or condominiums wouldn’t be affected.